Legal aspects and requirements that serve as a foundation

Legal aspects and requirements that serve as a foundation

Legal aspects and requirements that serve as a foundation

Develop a 4-hour workshop for a teacher in-service day that focuses on ways to establish and maintain positive effective family-school partnerships that support the academic and social-emotional needs of students with disabilities. You will prepare the following items for the workshop:

Statement of Scope and Purpose

Multimedia Presentation

Participant Handout

Part 2: Multimedia Presentation

Create a 12- to 15-slide multimedia presentation such as a Prezi®, podcast, vodcast, or Microsoft® PowerPoint® for the workshop that includes the following information:

A brief overview of the legal aspects and requirements that serve as a foundation for working with families of students with disabilities

An explanation of why family-school partnerships are important

An explanation of the principles of partnership

Strategies for creating a collaborative climate

Strategies for successful and positive communication with families

Specific collaboration strategies for the following lifecycle stages:

Early childhood or elementary

Middle

Secondary

Post-secondary

Strategies for conflict resolution with families

A brief explanation of 2 to 3 activities for participants to identify or demonstrate effective collaboration or positive communication

Appropriate media (graphics, images, tables, etc.) to support content

Speaker notes

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